A raucous group of conservative activists shouted at Sen. Joe Negron, the Stuart Republican who is leading the committee studying the Affordable Care Act, and booed Sen. Chris Smith, the Senate Democratic leader who questioned their interpretations of the U.S. Constitution.

The letter to Negron from tea party leaders around the state, first reported by the Tampa Bay Times (which also has a copy of the letter), apologizes for that conduct while outlining a series of objections to the implementation of Obamacare.

“We again apologize for the passionate outbursts at your committee meeting on 12/3/2012 by
people who were solely representing themselves,” the write in the letter, dated today. “Tea Party leaders in Florida as represented by The Florida Alliance have long rejected organized and planned tactics by groups like Code Pink, MoveOn.org and Occupy Wall Street to shout people down in meetings.”